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Sri Lanka monitors oil spill from burning vessel
Sri Lankan authorities said on Wednesday it is monitoring an oil spill from a burning foreign vessel near the Port of Colombo. Rescue teams from the Sri Lanka Navy and the Indian Navy were involved in joint efforts to douse the flames…
Cyclone Yaas Completes Landfall in India, one killed
On Wednesday, cyclone Yaas has completed the process of landfall and dozens of villages flooded in eastern India. After a powerful cyclone moved inland from the Bay of Bengal. In the eastern state of Odisha's Balasore district, where the…
Presidential election holds in Syria
Syria's presidential election began on Wednesday in government-controlled areas across Syria. Polling stations opened in the morning and the voting is expected to last the whole day. Over 12,000 polling stations had been set up across the…
At least 31 dead after volcanic eruption in DR Congo
At least 31 people have died and hundreds of children were feared missing on Monday after Mount Nyiragongo erupted in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the weekend. More than 150 children have been separated from their…
Over 100-year old tortoise becomes attraction in Peru’s park
Sanson, an over 100-year old gigantic tortoise from the Galapagos Islands, has become an attraction of the Legends Park in the city of Lima. Sanson arrived in Peru in the 1960s. It weighs about 220 kg, which is normal for its species from…
Gaza rising from the ashes, efforts continue to clean the streets
Israeli military and Hamas have agreed on a ceasefire in Gaza Strip last Friday. Israeli bombing, caused not just Human losses as 248 died and 1,948 injured but also infrastructure damages. Gaza municipality and Palestinian volunteers…
Extreme weather kills 21 in China’s Gansu mountain marathon
Twenty-one people were confirmed dead during a mountain marathon 100 km cross-country race due to extreme weather in northwest China's Gansu Province, rescuers said on Sunday. Hails, freezing rain and high winds hit the area during the race…
Thousands flee after lava from volcanic eruption reaches the city in DR Congo
Around 3,500 people fled from Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Goma to neighbouring Rwanda after the eruption of the Mount Nyiragongo volcano, on Saturday. A lava flow reached the airport of Goma after the eruption and the sky…
Thousands of migrants reachs Spain’s Ceuta
At least 5,000 migrants have reached Spain's Ceuta from neighbouring Morocco. Spanish media says Moroccan border guards did not stop migrants who include hundreds of minors. They were taken to a migrant reception centre.
The Spanish…
In London, protests held in solidarity with Palestinians
Protesters gathered outside Downing Street, the residence of Prime Minister Boris Johnson against an Israeli court ruling to evict Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in east Jerusalem. Thousands of people…